Ernie Conwell Quotations

I think everybody wants to perform well against their old team. If for nothing else, it gives you bragging rights until the next time you play against them.

I wouldn't use the word normalcy as much as this week is going to be more convenient for us. The normalcy issue is we've never played in this stadium before. We've never come here on a game day. We didn't get the numbers and hash marks on the field until a couple days ago. We have to double up in our locker room and give the other half to Buffalo. So this is going to be a brand new environment for all of us.

You're getting into dangerous territory if you go down that road,

We want to know what is going on, what is being discussed. After all, what is decided impacts our lives.

And then the NFC championship game against Philadelphia (Jan. 27, 2002) that got us to our second Super Bowl (XXXVI). The atmosphere. The crowd. And then the hardships I've had there, like when I dislocated my knee and was looking at a potential career-ending injury. It's a great sport town.

It was a no-brainer for me, ... I thought, this guy isn't looking for a handout. He was ready to pay everything he had.

I was apologizing to my family for having to watch that. The pain that's in your stomach, it's like a broken heart. I don't ever want to feel that again.

I know Gene is going to be looking into it. Our seat at the table will be Gene Upshaw.

But a lot of guys have been thinking about this. This is Texas; so they know football whether there have been a lot of NFL games here or not. They know high school football. So they're going to know how to cheer. We anticipate they'll be educated fans who are going to be quiet when our offense is out there and loud when our defense is out there, and full of energy.

It felt more sore today than yesterday, but that's normal with a strain.